Combination tool



Oct. 27, 1925. 1,559,494

M. ZUGERMAYER v COMBINATION TOOL Filed March 19. 1924 Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES MELCHOIR Z UG RMAYER, or EGG HARBOR orry avnw "IcoMB InATIo TOOL.

7 Application filed March 19, 1924. Serial No. 700,346.

To all whom it may concerns 7 Be it known that I, 'MELOHOIR ZUGER- MAYER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Egg Harbor-City, in thecounty of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combination Tool, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tools, and more particularly to a combination household tool which is designed to provide in a compact form a plurality of tools which are used frequently about a house.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination tool as specified, the

principal use for which is to raise windowsashes when it is difficult toraise them by ordinary means, as at such times when the window-sash sticks due to expansion of the window-sash and frame under atmospheric conditions.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tool as specified, which includes a relatively heavy structure body carrying a leverage head at one end anda removable hammer-head and screw-driver structure at the opposite end, which latter structure is held against accidental removal by a suitable set-screw and removable lug.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detail description, and in the accompanying drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a side elevation; of the improved tool,

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the improved tool.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan of the tool,

Fig. l is an end View of the tool showing the hammer and screw-driver end.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the tool taken on the lines 5-5 of Fig. 1 illustrating the adjustable fulcrum or support,

Fig. 6 is a detail cross-section through the modified form of tool, and

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a modified form ofthe fulcrum.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, the improved combination tool comprises a main cylindrical body 1 which has an integral or attached head 2 mounted on one end thereof. The head 2 has its upper surface slightly concavely curved and its lower surface beveled flat so that it may rest in abutting engagement with a windowframe, with the relatively sharpened edge 3 engaged beneath the sash'toipermitthe sash to be moved by a leverageaction upon the v PATENTQF v pivoting of the tool upon'itsfulcrum 4. In the preferred'form of the'invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the fulcrum 4 comprises a stand having a forked upper end, the arms of which are curved to clear the body 1. The arms 5 of the fulcrum 4:. have trunnions 6' at their upper ends which exso desired, the head 2 may be provided with a notch 8 adjacent each side at its sharpened edge to permit the deviceto be used as a nail or tack puller, as well as for its primary purpose of raising window-sashes which become tightly wedged for various reasons. l

The body 1 is provided with a longitudinal bore 10 at the end opposite to the end upon which the head 2 is mounted and this bore opens out through a slot 11. A screw-driver 1.2 is housed within the bore 10 and it has a lug.13 formed thereon which rides in the slot 11. The screw-driver 12 is prevented from passing completely out of the bore 10 by the engagement of the lug 18 against the bodyencircling portion of the hammer 15. The hammer 15 is shown as a double-headed hammer, the heads 16 of which are connected by the body-encircling portion 17 A set-screw 18 threads through the hammer-head and through the body 1 for engagement with the screw-driver 12 to'hold the screw-driver telescoped within the body. By loosening the engagement of the set-screw and screwdriver, the latter may be extended out of the body for use.

In Fig. 6, a modified form'of the invention is shown in which the body 1 has longitudinally extending ribs 30 formed thereon at diametrically opposite points, which ribs have flat upper surfaces against which the trunnions 6 of the fulcrum 4 engage. In all other respects, the modified form is similar to'the preferred form heretofore described. If it is so desired, the modified form of fulcrum as shown in Fig, 7, may be usedin difi'erent relations, and therefore I do not desire to'be limited in any manner, except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

What I. claim is; I y

1. A tool comprising a cylindrical body having a head at one end thereof, said head having its upper surface concavely'curved and its under surfacebeveled for providing a substantially Wedge-shaped outer end, and said headrzrbeingiprbvided'With a ,notch extending inwardly from its Wedge edge, said body :having 'longitudinally extending grooves in its sides; a fulcrum including a base and upstanding arms said arms having trunnions formed upon their u'pperends and engaging slidably in said grooves.

2. A tool comprising a substantially cylindrical body having parallel longitudinal grooves therein, a head mounted on one end of said body and having its under surface beveled to provide a flattened surface, and afulcrum having trunnions thereon slidably engaging in said grooves.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' I 'MELor'roiR ZUGERMAYER. 

